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From: Hopkinson, Deborah <Deborah.Hopkinson>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:18:24 -0700
Sorry, but I simply can't resist jumping in here to comment on the reference to "boring topics such as Abe Lincoln" to say that not all Lincoln books are automatically boring!
I've have had the pleasure of working recently with Candace Fleming, who will publish a book next year in time for the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial entitled Abraham and Mary: A Scrapbook Look at the Lincolns. I've read the introduction, and it's fantastic. And, like Candy's other award-winning nonfiction works on Ben Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, this promises to be a fascinating book that will engage readers and entice them to develop a questioning approach to history.
Deborah Hopkinson
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[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Meghan McCarthy Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:33 PM To: Steward, Celeste; Vicki Cobb; CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] celebrity books - RE: nonfiction
As a bookseller I've seen a lot of nonfiction books come and go. In a big chain, they're likely to get lost. People DO come in with their children and ask for nonfiction for book reports, science projects, etc. The internet is a great resource but it's hard to sift through and sometimes and it's hard to determine which sites are legitimate and which are not--especially for kids! It's still nice to have a book to flip through while sitting on the couch or at the kitchen table as opposed to having to sit at the computer for hours. I think that's why parents still buy SOME nonfiction books!
I will say that I think there are a lot of boring nonfiction books out there. Times are changing. Perhaps nonfiction has to keep up with the trends a bit and get more exciting. I think kids need nonfiction that's easy to relate to...books that don't cover the standard boring topics such as Abe Lincoln and the like. I was not a stellar student in elementary school and I won't blame the boring topics on my attention problems but I think they certainly didn't help!
I do think publishers are williing to publish nonfiction but maybe not as much of the same old...
meghan mccarthy
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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:18:24 -0700
Sorry, but I simply can't resist jumping in here to comment on the reference to "boring topics such as Abe Lincoln" to say that not all Lincoln books are automatically boring!
I've have had the pleasure of working recently with Candace Fleming, who will publish a book next year in time for the 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial entitled Abraham and Mary: A Scrapbook Look at the Lincolns. I've read the introduction, and it's fantastic. And, like Candy's other award-winning nonfiction works on Ben Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, this promises to be a fascinating book that will engage readers and entice them to develop a questioning approach to history.
Deborah Hopkinson
-----Original Message----- From: ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu
[mailto:ccbc-net-bounces at ccbc.education.wisc.edu] On Behalf Of Meghan McCarthy Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:33 PM To: Steward, Celeste; Vicki Cobb; CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] celebrity books - RE: nonfiction
As a bookseller I've seen a lot of nonfiction books come and go. In a big chain, they're likely to get lost. People DO come in with their children and ask for nonfiction for book reports, science projects, etc. The internet is a great resource but it's hard to sift through and sometimes and it's hard to determine which sites are legitimate and which are not--especially for kids! It's still nice to have a book to flip through while sitting on the couch or at the kitchen table as opposed to having to sit at the computer for hours. I think that's why parents still buy SOME nonfiction books!
I will say that I think there are a lot of boring nonfiction books out there. Times are changing. Perhaps nonfiction has to keep up with the trends a bit and get more exciting. I think kids need nonfiction that's easy to relate to...books that don't cover the standard boring topics such as Abe Lincoln and the like. I was not a stellar student in elementary school and I won't blame the boring topics on my attention problems but I think they certainly didn't help!
I do think publishers are williing to publish nonfiction but maybe not as much of the same old...
meghan mccarthy
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